Town of Canadice

Honeoye Lake Small Fish Die-offThis die-off started the weekend of 7/28-29. DEC Region 8 Fisheries were notified first thing last Monday 7/30. They sent two DEC Fishery Technicians out to collect dying small fish samples. They then drove the mostly small perch samples to Cornell University’s Fish Pathology Department for testing to try and determine what was causing the perch fish kill. Cornell is currently running all the necessary tests.

The lab at Cornell has isolated a bacteria in the samples that they strongly suspect is causing the die off. As relayed on a call directly from the lab, specialists are conducting further testing to verify their initial findings and hope to have a definitive diagnosis early next week. Cornell stated that the bacteria suspected is fairly common and seems to impact smaller fish due to their immature immune systems.

We will post Cornell’s fish kill findings as soon as they are available next week.

If you have any further concerns or questions regarding the fish kill, please call DEC Region 8 Fisheries at 585-226-5343.

Quick Link: County Road 36 Closure: Mid-August to Mid-September, 2018Just past the SOUTH end of the Town of Canadice, Ontario County Road 36 (Hunt Hollow Rd. & Honeoye West Lake Rd.) will not be accessible to any traffic, including school buses, emergency and municipal vehicles, from mid-August until mid-September. Details are available at the above Quick Link, including a map for alternate routes.

Quick Link:Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day September 15, 2018.More detailed information is listed in the brochurehere.

​Quick Link:Governor Cuomo Announces Regional Harmful Algal Bloom Summits Governor Cuomo announced a proposal for next year's NYS budget to allocate $65M to launch an aggressive program to address the Harmful Algae Boom (HAB) issue in 12 high priority NYS lakes including Honeoye Lake! Terry and Dorothy Gronwall were invited to the press conference at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse and will share more details as they become available early in 2018.

Quick Link:﻿﻿ Water District #1 Project Home Page - Updated on Friday, 7/27/2018.

The current project plan is to enable property owners to install service connections beginning about December 1, 2018.

On Thursday, July 26, 2018 instructions for service sign-up were mailed to water district residents who have dwellings on their property that are eligible for service. Service sign-up is ongoing (there is no deadline).

Detailed specifications for service connections are available at the Town Hall or at this link. This information must be supplied to the private contractors that property owners select to install their service connections.

In other news...

On Friday, June 8, the pre-construction meeting was held with the project contractor. The contractor has been officially authorized to start construction.

The contractor's schedule (subject to change) plans the construction in this order, starting the week of June 18.

In August of 2017 each property owner in the water district was supplied specific information through U.S. Mail on how to indicate their preferred location for their connection to the water main (curb stop location). If property owners did not supply this information then the Resident Engineer will attempt to contact the property owner as construction nears the property. If still unable to contact the property owner then the Resident Engineer will independently make a determination for the location of the curb stop.

Details on how to sign up for service were mailed on July 26, 2018. This information is mailed to the ownership address of record on each property, as recorded by the Ontario County Real Property office. Refer to the Questions & Answers page for more information, including contact information for further inquiries.

Revised project plan drawings were released by LaBella as part of the bid package. Paper copies of the drawings are available for review at the Town Hall. They are also available as PDF's here on this website.

Attempts by the Canadice Town Board to interest National Fuel Gas (NFG) in providing natural gas distribution in conjunction with this project have been unsuccessful.﻿The latest communication with NFG in June, 2017 indicates that the service extension from the Canadice-Richmond town line to Canadice is no longer under active consideration.

Quick Links Below:﻿ Recreation Programs

The Town of Canadice contributes to the Richmond Recreation Program, which in turn allows Canadice residents to participate in those programs. Please check out the various seasonal programs, for people of ALL ages, as they become available.

Also, the Cornell Cooperative Extension operates 4-H Camp Bristol Hills. They offer a variety of both Day Camp and overnight Resident Camp programs. "Camperships" are available to youth from financially limited families. Click on this link or stop by the Canadice Town Hall for more information.